It seems far less common these days to work your way up from the post room. I have heard of it being done but with so many people graduating and coming through the graduate program I would suggest that your best bet is to go through the normal routes of education and graduate programme if at all possible.

At the moment I think getting any job at a bank would be excellent. I guess getting an education is key in so many jobs these days and the times when you can work your way up from the bottom are much more unusual.

I see people on here going on courses and that gives me a bit of inspiration to go and get more education as I'm not stupid and sure I can get some good qualifications. Just getting the motivation is harder.